Mito Line
Encyclopedia
The is a railway line between Oyama Station
in Tochigi Prefecture
and Tomobe Station in Ibaraki Prefecture
, Japan
. The line is 50.2 km (31.2 mi) long and is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company
(JR East).
Oyama Station
is a train station operated by JR East, located in Oyama, Tochigi, Japan.-Lines:* Tōhoku Shinkansen* Utsunomiya Line * Shōnan-Shinjuku Line* Mito Line* Ryōmō Line-Platform layout:...
in Tochigi Prefecture
Tochigi Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kantō region on the island of Honshū, Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya.Nikkō, whose ancient Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples UNESCO has recognized by naming them a World Heritage Site, is in this prefecture...
and Tomobe Station in Ibaraki Prefecture
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The line is 50.2 km (31.2 mi) long and is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
(JR East).
Station list
- All trains stop at every station.
- Trains can pass one another at stations marked "◇" and "∨" and cannot pass at stations marked "｜".
| Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | |||
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| 小山 | - | 0.0 | Tōhoku Shinkansen Tohoku Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line, connecting Tokyo with Aomori in Aomori Prefecture for a total length of 674 km, Japan's longest Shinkansen line. It runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main island Honshu. It has two spur lines, Yamagata... , Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line Utsunomiya Line The is the name given to a 159.9 kilometre section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Ueno Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan... ), Ryōmō Line Ryomo Line The is a Japanese railway line between the cities of Oyama in Tochigi Prefecture and Maebashi in Gunma Prefecture. long, the line is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company . The name refers to the fact that Gunma and Tochigi prefectures were once part of an ancient province called ,... |
∨ | Oyama Oyama, Tochigi is a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.As April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 163,954, with 62,714 households, and a population density of 955.39 persons per km²... |
Tochigi Tochigi Prefecture is a prefecture located in the Kantō region on the island of Honshū, Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya.Nikkō, whose ancient Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples UNESCO has recognized by naming them a World Heritage Site, is in this prefecture... |
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| 小田林 | 4.9 | 4.9 | ｜ | Yūki Yuki, Ibaraki is a city located in Ibaraki, Japan.As of May 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 51,966, with a household number of 18,132 and the density of 789.28 persons per km². There is a relatively large population of people of Brazilian, Filipino, Peruvian, and mixed descent... |
Ibaraki Ibaraki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province... |
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| 結城 | 1.7 | 6.6 | ◇ | ||||
| 東結城 | 1.7 | 8.3 | ｜ | ||||
| 川島 | 2.1 | 10.4 | ◇ | Chikusei Chikusei, Ibaraki is a city located in Ibaraki, Japan. The city was founded March 28, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Akeno, Kyōwa and Sekijō, and the old city of Shimodate, all from the Makabe District, .... |
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| 玉戸 | 2.1 | 12.5 | ｜ | ||||
| 下館 | 3.7 | 16.2 | Mooka Railway Mooka Line Jōsō Line Joso Line The is a railway line operated by the Kanto Railway in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. It is a diesel operated line which runs from Toride to Shimodate.... |
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| 新治 | 6.1 | 22.3 | ◇ | ||||
| 大和 | 3.6 | 25.9 | ｜ | Sakuragawa Sakuragawa, Ibaraki is a city in Ibaraki, Japan. It was formed on 1 October 2005. It is composed of Iwase-cho in the north, Yamato-mura in the center, and Makabe-cho in the south... |
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| 岩瀬 | 3.7 | 29.6 | ◇ | ||||
| 羽黒 | 3.2 | 32.8 | ◇ | ||||
| 福原 | 4.2 | 37.0 | ◇ | Kasama Kasama, Ibaraki is a city located in central Ibaraki, Japan.Kasama was once a castle town and post-station town during the Edo Period , and a shrine town of Kasama Inari Shrine in the Meiji Period . Stone quarrying is its main activity... |
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| 稲田 | 3.1 | 40.1 | ◇ | ||||
| 笠間 | 3.2 | 43.3 | ◇ | ||||
| 宍戸 | 5.2 | 48.5 | ｜ | ||||
| 友部 | 1.7 | 50.2 | Jōban Line Joban Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company . It begins at Nippori Station in Taitō, Tokyo and follows the Pacific coasts of Chiba, Ibaraki, and Fukushima Prefectures before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, Miyagi... (some through services for ) |
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History
- 16 January 1889: Mito Railway, a private railway company opened its line between Oyama and Mito StationMito Station (Ibaraki)is a JR East and Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo railway station located in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.-JR East:* Jōban Line* Suigun Line-Station layout:The station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks.-History:...
s. - 1 March 1892: Nippon RailwayNippon Railwaywas the first private railway company in the history of Japan. The company built trunk lines connecting Tokyo with the Tōhoku region to the northeast...
annexed Mito Railway. - 1 July 1895: Tomobe Station opened; Joban LineJoban LineThe is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company . It begins at Nippori Station in Taitō, Tokyo and follows the Pacific coasts of Chiba, Ibaraki, and Fukushima Prefectures before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, Miyagi...
connected with former Mito Railway line. - 1 November 1906: With Railway Nationalisation ActRailway Nationalization ActThe brought many of Japan's private railway lines under national control. The Diet of Japan promulgated the Act on March 31, 1906. The Act was repealed by Article 110 of the Japan National Railway Reform Act of 1988, which formed the modern Japan Railways Group....
, Japanese Government RailwaysJapanese Government RailwaysThe Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
(JGR) nationalised Nippon Railway. - 12 October 1909: JGR renamed the line as the "Mito Line" for the section between Oyama and Tomobe, with Tomobe to Mito forming part of the Joban Line.
- 1 February 1967: Electrification completed.
External links
- Stations of the Mito Line (JR East)